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' P. A. SMITH,- Jr.

BUTTON FASTENING. No. 253,636. Patented Feb. 14,1882;

WITNESSES. nwrcivron mm wwmmm. ;N%\ 33 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THEHEATON BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 253,636, dated February14, 1882.

7 Application filed December 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMITH,

J r., a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Providence, in thecounty of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Button-Fastenings; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in 10 the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification. My invention relates toimprovements in that class of button-fastenings which provide aretaining base or plate, and curved or hooked jaws for holding the eyeor shank of a button and attaching the same to wearing-apparel; and itconsists of a metallic plate provided with side wings or projectionshaving a terminal shoulder or spur at their extreme ends facing towardeach other, so that when the wings are bent upward and over the plate ina curved shape these spurs interlock within the curved portion of saidwings to provide a more efficient and stronger fastening than thoseheretofore employed for the same purpose.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of my improvedfastener connected to'the shank of a button; Fig. 2, an end view of thesame, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the blank from which the completefastener is formed.

Similarletters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The blank A, from which my complete fastener is formed, is preferably ofan oval shape, and provided on each side with a projecting 4o arm orwing, B, having a shoulder or spur, a,

at their extreme outer ends and facing toward each other, as fully shownin the drawings. These Wings or projections B are bent upwardly at rightangles to the plate and over 4 5 the same in a curved manner, the insideedges of the same resting against each other, and

the shoulder or spur aof each wing projecting into the curved portion ofits opposite wing, as fully shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The button is attached to my improved faststraight, or in such a manneras to release the shank of the button.

The device is readily attached to any article of wearing-apparel bypushing the curved wings or arms up through an opening in the fabric,the plate A resting upon the under surface of the same, and the wings orarms connected to the shank of. the button in amanner already described.

I am aware that a fastener formed of a plate provided with curved sidewings which are adapted to be bent up laterally together to receive andhold the shank of a button is not 7 new with me, nor do I desire toclaim such a construction, broadly; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is-As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-describedbutton-fastener, consisting of the plate A, provided with the curvedarms or wings B,' having spurs a, adapted to interlock within the saidwings or arms, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 8

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS SMITH, JR.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. PRENTIGE, E. FISHER.

